Creating song lists can simplify your gigging work. When you are sitting down to create these, feel free to use some of the ideas presented here.
Here is a sample of categories you might use:
- STYLES
- Rhythm & Blues
- Gospel
- Wedding
- Jazz
- Contemporary Christian
- Classic Rock
- Neo Soul
- COMPOSERS
- Beatles
- Gershwin
- Wonder
- Ellington
- Matthews
- Warren
- ARTISTS
- Pink
- Sam Smith
- Jarle Bernhoft
- John Legend
There are many ways you can categorize your song. Here are some different ways to organize your approach:
Styles
Maybe you want to organize your music by styles.
List the pop tunes and their keys,
Then the reggae songs you love and want to learn; find their keys, then gospel, etc.
Composers
Maybe you want to list and find the keys of every Beatles song you know and love to sing.
If you are a George Gershwin fan, or you want to impress your folks, you might want to start learning some of his songs.
Why not a collection of Great American Songbook composers? You’ll definitely be learning songs and finding keys for quite a while!
Artists
Or your organizational approach might be all the songs of Pink, then John Legend, then Sam Smith, or Jarle Bernhoft. Try finding your best key for his song “choices”!! Good luck!